The Disgusting New Coffee Trend You Don't Want To Hear About

I've seen some rancid coffee orders on the internet in my time, from triple, venti, soy no foam lattes to cappuccinos featuring egg yolks, but this one is out there. Ever considered ordering a latte infused with mushroom coffee powder? Apparently it's a thing.

Fortunately there's no mushroom juicing needed - Four Sigmatic and Longreen have created an instant coffee powder blended with mushroom elixr offering all the medicinal benefits fungi are believed to have.

"If you eat a shiitake mushroom every day, you could see changes in their immune system that are beneficial," says professor Sue Percival, an Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences faculty member. "We're enhancing the immune system, but we're also reducing the inflammation that the immune system produces."

Despite containing 420 less calories than a meat based meals, findings suggested that participants didn't feel the need to eat more later in the day. "The most intriguing finding was that subjects seemed to accept mushrooms as a palatable and suitable culinary substitute for meat," says Dr. Lawrence Cheskin, director of the John Hopkins Management Centre. "They didn't compensate for the lower calorie mushroom meal by eating more food later in the day."

Alex PierottiA one-time third-grade try-scorer, Men's Health's Digital Content Editor, Alex Pierotti, is obsessed with two things: the beach and his footy team. When he’s not researching the latest studies, figuring out the latest style trends or snacking on cashews you'll find Alex cruising on his board through Bondi Beach